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- noun Plural form of
floatplane .
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Examples
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The fishing was great, the cabins and food lived up to expectations, and I did a lot of flying in floatplanes, getting views of incredible scenery, moose, eagles, and innumerable grizzly bears (not a big deal in Alaska, unless it's your first trip).
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It was a relatively minor facility that mainly produced small quantities of second-line fighters, floatplanes, and engines.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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It was a relatively minor facility that mainly produced small quantities of second-line fighters, floatplanes, and engines.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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Ever since it was announced Sarah Palin would be the GOP's Vice-Presidential candidate most of the talk in the mainstream media has been of beauty pageants, floatplanes, lipstick and moose burgers.
Archive 2008-09-01 Johnny Guitar 2008
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Oefelein has two children and began his aviation career as a teenager flying floatplanes in Alaska, according to a NASA biography.
Think Progress » Popular Teen TV Show To Claim Morning-After Pill Can Cause A Miscarriage 2007
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As his fleet idled in a bay surrounded by mountains rising 12,000 feet out of the jungle, Kurita received some more bad news: he was to send all but four of his thirty-two floatplanes to the Philippines.
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006
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From Schefferville, floatplanes access unlimited waters.
Field and Stream Adventure: The Search for the Best Brook Trout Spot on Earth 2004
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As his fleet idled in a bay surrounded by mountains rising 12,000 feet out of the jungle, Kurita received some more bad news: he was to send all but four of his thirty-two floatplanes to the Philippines.
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006
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Saying that residents have tolerated seven years of "temporary use" by the floatplane industry, Mr. Sieben goes on to ask the city "take the necessary steps to have the floatplanes immediately cease their now illegal commercial and industrial operations."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WENDY STUECK 2011
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"He loved flying ... he got certified to fly floatplanes just a few years ago," Lily
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